Flag holder



0a. 21, 1930. w, L SHIRLEY ET AL 1,779,051

FLAG HOLDER Filed July 12 1929 Awswroea, Wa/fex- LOW/Hey, and Char/e0 A ea,o,

flfforne ms Patented Oct. 21,1930

r WALTER IL. sHmLnY AND CHARLES H. L A or i-lvnmnaronxsgiivnmua 3 '7 Y has HoLnnRf nppl ication filed iuiy' 12,' 1929. Serial-No. 377,830. 1 v

out of the hole being thatjwhich forms the.

This invention relates to meansfor attaching flags or the like'articles to fenders of automobiles for use toindicate cars in a procession, and has for its'primary objects :6 the provisionof means for detachably'sreceiving and lholdingfa flag inrra' relatively fixediposition; in providing such means with a clamping device attachable to the thin wall of a tender; in means'that' ma'y be readilyand cheaply manufactured to permit the use of the device in large quantitieswlth out an undue outlay of mo'neyyandin means that Will not mar or scratch theautomobile 0 nt rf With the drivers operation f fitliecar f These and other: objects will become apf' parent in the following description of the invention as shown in :the accompanying r ing, in which .7

i Fig. 1 is'a fragmentary side elevationbf an automobile fender to which curinvention is applied Fig 2 a front elevation of thenfla'g holder; Fig. 3, a. horizontal sectionfon the line 3-3 infFig. 2; 1

' Fig. 4,. a vertical. section" on a reduced scale on the line 4r4;in Fig; 2;

Fig. 5, a detail in fragmentary front elevation of the central portion'of the holder bracket on a slightly enlargedsc'ale; and" v Fig. .6, a. transverse section on the line 66 in -Fig. 5.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views in the drawing. I

From a strip of metal we stamp out a one piece bracket generally designated by the numeral 10 to have an upper vertically carried spacing arm 11 from the upper end of which is bent the plate 12 to extend hori:

zontally therefrom and through lwhi'chi's' punched a hole permitting thestafl 13 of the flag 14 to' be forced therethrough.

From the lower end of-the arm 11, horizontally extends the plate 15. This plate 15 has a hole formed therethrough by punchring the portion of metal 16 downwardly therefrom but not entirely separated from the plateto be carried horizontally at a slight distance thereunder, the metal coming porti0nv16. The stalf 13 hasits'lo-wer end.

forcibly-carried. throughthe hole in the a plate 15 to'contact and bear against thepor- From the outer end of the plate 15th;

vbody l7 'ofthe bracketlO projects vertically downwardlytheretrom for adistance and c and the ends s pread apart to form the two fingers 20and 21 over the outer ends of which are slippedshort lengths of rubber the body 17 and covers the lugs upper pair of lugs-33, thebody 17 is offset outwardly to provide the shoulder 34 as a stop means to contact the fender 25*fr0m above to prevent the bracket from slipping vertically downward. The tubing 23 extends around the bend forming the shoulderT" The fingers 20 andv 21 terminateto lie nbrmally against the inner side of the skirt 24' and theloop 18 serves as a spring member to carry the fingers'no'rmally rearwardl from the'body-17." I 'From'the member 19 the arm's'26 and 27 are bent around to -pivotally"receive there between near their-outer ends'the shaft 28 upper end ofthis member -19is'bifurcated tubingf22. Belowthe plate 15 thebody 17 p p 7 v toprevent v scratching of thefender25. Just above the j which is an integral part ofthe cam 29,;- The 1 28 has reduced sections 30 formedon eachof its outerends to passthrouglrjthe arms 26' and 27 whereby= the cam. 29-, may be centrally carried between the twoarms by having the shoulders atthe junctions ofthe i sections, 30 with the larger diameter of thee .Shaft p Sides pre spectively ofithe arms. e

The cam 29 hasa lever p 31 extendingthere w from by which the cam may be rotated: be-

.A stop 32 limits the rotationof the lever 31 I toward the body 17 when the cam has beenvrevolved to a point slightly beyond its maxi- V mum pressure against the body .17.

' In operation, the flag carrying device is at tached tothe fender. 25 by first raising the lever 31 to rock the cam around to permit'the member l9to't ravel away from thebody 17 through the action of the spring loop 18. The

V fingers 20 and 21 may then be broughtup be hind the skirt 24 with-the body proper 17' in front and the shoulder 34 at or above the cornerofthefnder,'andthe lever 31 isthenrocked downwardly to the position as indi cated in Fig 2, whereupon the skirt 2415mm pressively engaged between the fingers 20, y

21, and the body lugs 34: on"the"b'ody'17 through the rubbers 22 and 23thereon. It: is tobe noted that the fingers 20 and 21,

I when contacting the fender skirt 24;,are-posi+ tionedpr actically midway vertically between the upper and lower lugs 34, and also thatthe fingers are positioned horizontally beyond tle planes of the vertical edges of. the body ,While we have here shown and described thG'IIIVGIltlOII 1n the one form as now best known to us, it is obvious that many structural changes maybe made therefrom Without de-,

parting from the spirit of the invention, and

we therefore, do not desire to be' limited to that precise form any more than any be re:

quired by the following claims:

We claim:

1. In a flag holding device, an upper arm a lower plate, an arm spacing and holding apart said plates, each of said plates having a hole therethrough adapted to receive: the staff of a flag, a stop undersaid "second plate limiting the insertion of said staff through the holes, a body, an end bent around ing a bracket having an upper perforate plate horizontally disposed, an arm projecting downwardly from one side of the plate, a lower perforate plate projecting horizontally from the arm, a body projecting vertically downward from the lower plate, and a rear vertically disposed clamping .member vcarried bythe body, said clamping member having" its upper end bifurcatedtto form two,

spaced ap art bearing. 'fingers','g;'saidi fingers havingareas-spaced laterally from each side of said body. p 7

5. Anew articleof manufacture comprisinga bracket having an upper perforate plate horizontally disposed,:an armprojecting downwardly from one side ofthe plate,

a lower perforate plateprojecting horizontally from the arm, abo'dy pr jectingverti i cally downwa-rdfrom the lower plate," and a rear, vertically disposed clamping 'member carried by the body, a stop extendingacross and belowlthe hole in said lower plate, and a cam adaptedto be rocked todraw said clamping member towardsaid body, and. a[ spring loop interconnecting body and said member,

4. A new article of manufacture compristhe lower ends of said 6. A new article of manufacture 5 ing a bracket having an upperiperforate plate horizontally disposed, an arm projecting downwardly from one. side of xtheiplate, a lower perforate plate projecting horizontally from the arm,fa bodyprojectinglvertically downward from the lower :plate, and a rear vertically disposed clamping member carried bythe body, a, stopfextending, across and below the hole in said lower plate, and 'a cam adapted to-be rocked todraw said clampingmember toward. said body, and a spring loop interconnectingthe'lovw er ends of said 'bodya-nd said member, and arms extending past said body, said cambeing rookably supported by said armsto bear against saidbody.

In testimony whereof we aflix our'signa tures. a

' WALTER L; SHIRLEY.

' 1 OHARLESH.,LEAPL and upwardly from the body, anda cam adapted to be said body.

a A new article of manufacturefcompjris ing a bracket having an upper perforate plate horizontally disposed, an arm' project?- a ing downwardly from one side of the plate, a lower perforate-plateprojecting horizonrocked topull said end toward tally from the arm, a" body projecting verti cally downward from the lower-plate, and a rear vertically disposed clamping member carried by' the body,- a stop extendingacross and below the hole in said lowe'rplate, and a m" adapted tobe rack daamwsai n 'i'n member toward said body;

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